Severe Thunderstorm Warning 42, NWS New Orleans, LA

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BATON ROUGE LA
205 PM CST MON NOV 16 1987

....A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF EAST CENTRAL LOUISIANA
UNTIL 8 PM THIS MONDAY EVENING...

RADAR SHOWED A VERY STRONG LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM THE LOUISIANA-
MISSISSIPPI BORDER NORTH OF BATON ROUGE...SOUTHWEST ACROSS EAST AND
WEST FELICIANA PARISHES...INTO POINTE COUPEE AND IBERVILLE PARISHES.
THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

THE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE PRODUCE HEAVY RAINS AND DAMAGING WINDS OVER A
LARGE PART OF EAST CENTRAL LOUISIANA DURING THE PAST SEVERAL HOURS.
PEOPLE IN EAST CENTRAL LOUISIANA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR SEVERE WEATHER
UNTIL THE THUNDERSTORMS PASS YOUR AREA.

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT TODAY FOR A LARGE PART OF LOUISIANA
INCLUDING AVOYELLES...CATAHOULA...CONCORDIA...AND ST LANDRY PARISHES...

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
245 PM CST MON NOV 16 1987

...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR IBERIA LOWER ST MARTIN UPPER ST MARTIN
ST MARY TANGIPAHOA AND WASHINGTON AND ADJOINING COASTAL WATERS OF THE
FOLLOWING PARISHES IBERIA AND ST MARY UNTIL 8 PM CST.

A SOLID LINE OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM JUST WEST OF
JACKSON MISSISSIPPI SOUTH TO JUST WEST OF MC COMB MISSISSIPPI TO
BATON ROUGE TO MORGAN CITY TO VERMILION BAY. THE LINE WAS MOVING EAST
AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY
WINDS...VERY HEAVY RAIN SMALL HAIL..DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLE
TORNADOES AS THEY MOVE EAST ACROSS THE AREA. PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA
SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND IF THREATENING WEATHER IS SIGHTED GO TO A SAFE
IMMEDIATELY.

ELSEWHERE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED ACROSS SOUTHERN
MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BATON ROUGE LA
315 PM CST MON NOV 16 1987

....THE TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR AVOYELLES...CATAHOULA...
CONCORDIA...POINTE COUPEE...ST LANDRY...AND WEST FELICIANA.  THE WATCH
REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE REMAINDER OF EAST CENTRAL LOUISIANA...

A SEVERE THUNDER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM CST FOR PEOPLE
IN ASCENSION...LIVINGSTON AND ST HELENA PARISHES.  THE LINE OF VERY
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM NEAR GREENSBURG SOUTH ACROSS
LIVIMGSTON AND ASCENSION PARISHES.  THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS
MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO PRODUCE HEAVY RAINS AND DAMAGING WINDS
OVER PARTS OF EAST CENTRAL LOUISIANA DURING THE PAST SEVERAL HOURS.
PEOPLE IN EAST CENTRAL LOUISIANA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR SEVERE WEATHER
UNTIL THE THUNDERSTORMS PASS YOUR AREA.

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT TODAY FOR A LARGE PART OF LOUISIANA
INCLUDING AVOYELLES...CATA"HOULA...CONCORDIA...AND ST LANDRY.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
245 PM CST MON NOV 16 1987

...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR IBERIA LOWER ST MARTIN UPPER ST MARTIN
ST MARY TANGIPAHOA AND WASHINGTON AND ADJOINING COASTAL WATERS OF THE
FOLLOWING PARISHES IBERIA AND ST MARY UNTIL 8 PM CST.

...SPECIAL MARINE WARNING COASTAL WTERS FROM VERMILION BAY EAST TO
TIMVALIER BAY TIL 530 PM CST.

A SOLID LINE OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM JUST EAST OF
JACKSON MISSISSIPPI SOUTH ACROSS  MC COMB MISSISSIPPI TO BATON ROUGE
LOUISIANA TO MORGAN CITY TO VERMILION BAY. THE LINE WAS MOVING EAST
AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY
WINDS...VERY HEAVY RAIN SMALL HAIL..DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLE
TORNADOES AS THEY MOVE EAST ACROSS THE AREA. PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA
SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND IF THREATENING WEATHER IS SIGHTED GO TO A SAFE
IMMEDIATELY.
ELSEWHERE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STRODNG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED FROM
JUST WEST OF LAUREL SOUTH ACROSS BOGALUSA LOUISIANA TO SLIDELL TO GRAND
ISLE LOUISIANA AND OVER THE COASTAL AREA OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BATON ROUGE LA
415 PM CST MON NOV 16 1987

....THE TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR ALL THE FOLLOWING PARISHES
IN EAST CENTRAL LOUISIANA...EAST BATON ROUGE...EAST FELICIANA...
IBERVILLE...ST HELENA...AND WEST BATON ROUGE.  THE WATCH REMAINS IN
EFFECT FOR ASCENSION AND LIVINGSTON PARISHES UNTIL 8 PM CST...

AT 430 PM CST RADARS SHOWED THE LINE OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM
SOUTH OF MC COMB MISSISSIPPI TO EAST OF GONZALES.  THIS LINE WAS MOVING
EAST AT 35. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS AND RAIN WAS LOCATED OVER THE REMAINDER
OF EAST CENTRAL.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINS AND STRONG
GUSTY WINDS FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS.  WIND DAMAGE TO TREES...POWER LINES
AND OTHER PROPERTY HAS BEEN WIDE SPREAD THROUGHOUT THE AREA.  FLOODING
OF STREETS AND OTHER LOW AREAS WILL CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL
HOURS.  PEOPLE IN OR NEAR THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR SEVERE
WEAmTHER UNTIL THE THUNDERSTORMS PASS YOUR AREA.
...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT TODAY FOR PART OF LOUISIANA
INCLUDING AVOYELLES...CATAHOULA...CONCORDIA...AND ST LANDRY.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BATON ROUGE LA
545 PM CST MON NOV 16 1987

....THE TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR ASCENSION AND LIVINGSTON
PARISHES IN EAST CENTRAL LOUISIANA...

AT 540 PM CST RADARS SHOWED THE LINE OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAS
MOVED EAST OUT OF ASCENSION AND LIVINGSTON PARISHES.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN OVER EAST BATON ROUGE
AND SURROUNDING PARISHES TONIGHT.  FLOODING OF STREETS...UNDERPASSES
AND OTHER LOW AREAS WILL CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. MOTORIST
ARE URGED USE CAUTION WHEN APPROACHING A FLOODED AREA.